Slightly o/t: PC on widescreen telly

I am now running my PC through my Samsung HD telly, which is quite fun
as I'm lounging on the sofa typing this, drink in hand & reaasonaby
****ed. Now, my question is, can a PC run in widescreen without
stretching? I know you can get widescreen monitors, so is there a
widescreen setting on a PC or a widescreen version of Windows XP or
something?

Marky P. (on the Absinthe)

"Marky P" wrote in message
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I am now running my PC through my Samsung HD telly, which is quite fun
as I'm lounging on the sofa typing this, drink in hand & reaasonaby
****ed. Now, my question is, can a PC run in widescreen without
stretching? I know you can get widescreen monitors, so is there a
widescreen setting on a PC or a widescreen version of Windows XP or
something?

Marky P. (on the Absinthe)

Change the resolution on the computer.

Mike Henry wrote:

IIRC Marky's TV is a plasma, not a LCD, and it's 1024 x 768 (16:0) which
means it has non-square pixels. If he were to pick a "widescreen" PC
display mode (eg 1366 x 768) I'm not sure what would happen...

It would display correctly I imagine, albeit with reduced horizontal
resolution; certainly the aspect ratio should be correct.

I use that res on XP with a PDP-433MXE whose native res is 1024x768,
with no problems.

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"Michael Rozdoba" wrote in message
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The prerblurm here ish the absynth.

Bull

On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:37:03 +0100, Michael Rozdoba
wrote:

Mike Henry wrote:

IIRC Marky's TV is a plasma, not a LCD, and it's 1024 x 768 (16:0) which
means it has non-square pixels. If he were to pick a "widescreen" PC
display mode (eg 1366 x 768) I'm not sure what would happen...

It would display correctly I imagine, albeit with reduced horizontal
resolution; certainly the aspect ratio should be correct.

I use that res on XP with a PDP-433MXE whose native res is 1024x768,
with no problems.

I can't go any higher than 1024 x 768. My telly displays 'Not
Supported' :-( Bugger.

Marky P.

"Marky P" wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:37:03 +0100, Michael Rozdoba
wrote:

Mike Henry wrote:

IIRC Marky's TV is a plasma, not a LCD, and it's 1024 x 768 (16:0) which
means it has non-square pixels. If he were to pick a "widescreen" PC
display mode (eg 1366 x 768) I'm not sure what would happen...

It would display correctly I imagine, albeit with reduced horizontal
resolution; certainly the aspect ratio should be correct.

I use that res on XP with a PDP-433MXE whose native res is 1024x768,
with no problems.

I can't go any higher than 1024 x 768. My telly displays 'Not
Supported' :-( Bugger.

Marky P.

Is it true that absinthe makes the part grow longer?

Marky P wrote:
On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:37:03 +0100, Michael Rozdoba
wrote:

Mike Henry wrote:

IIRC Marky's TV is a plasma, not a LCD, and it's 1024 x 768 (16:0) which
means it has non-square pixels. If he were to pick a "widescreen" PC
display mode (eg 1366 x 768) I'm not sure what would happen...
It would display correctly I imagine, albeit with reduced horizontal
resolution; certainly the aspect ratio should be correct.

I use that res on XP with a PDP-433MXE whose native res is 1024x768,
with no problems.

I can't go any higher than 1024 x 768. My telly displays 'Not
Supported' :-( Bugger.


Mine's similar. So, I've connected it via the component output of the
graphics card (a nvidea), which has various utilities to output at HD
res, and an option to scale the picture. Looks pretty good to me.

Rob

On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:50:18 +0100, "me2"
wrote:


"Marky P" wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:37:03 +0100, Michael Rozdoba
wrote:

Mike Henry wrote:

IIRC Marky's TV is a plasma, not a LCD, and it's 1024 x 768 (16:0) which
means it has non-square pixels. If he were to pick a "widescreen" PC
display mode (eg 1366 x 768) I'm not sure what would happen...

It would display correctly I imagine, albeit with reduced horizontal
resolution; certainly the aspect ratio should be correct.

I use that res on XP with a PDP-433MXE whose native res is 1024x768,
with no problems.

I can't go any higher than 1024 x 768. My telly displays 'Not
Supported' :-( Bugger.

Marky P.

Is it true that absinthe makes the part grow longer?

After I drink that stuff, I sound like a motorbike when I break wind.

Charlie
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Charlie Pearce
Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:36:26 +0100


Is it true that absinthe makes the part grow longer?

After I drink that stuff, I sound like a motorbike when I break wind.


Would that be a 2 stroke or a 4 stroke :-)


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Charlie Pearce
Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:36:26 +0100


Is it true that absinthe makes the part grow longer?

After I drink that stuff, I sound like a motorbike when I break wind.


Would that be a 2 stroke or a 4 stroke :-)

Either as long as it's a Honda.

Tim